What is CVE-2014-9322?

CVE-2014-9322 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2014-12-17.

How severe is CVE-2014-9322?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Is CVE-2014-9322 known to be exploited?

28 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Privilege escalation in Google Android

CVE-2014-9322

arch/x86/kernel/entry_64.S in the Linux kernel before 3.17.5 does not properly handle faults associated with the Stack Segment (SS) segment register, which allows local users to gain privileges by triggering an IRET instruction that leads to access to a GS Base address from the wrong space.

Vulnerability class: Privilege Escalation

Published 2014-12-17 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.015 (73.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 74th percentile — 73.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.015 · change: +0.001

Affected products

Google Android — versions 6.0, 6.0.1
Linux Kernel
Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04
openSUSE Evergreen — versions 11.4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 5.6
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server — versions 10

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-269 — Improper Privilege Management

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2491-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00015.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.17.5 (Patch, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0009.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
marc.info/ (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
help.joyent.com/entries/98788667-Security-Advisory-ZDI-CAN-3263-ZDI-CAN-3284-an… (Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory)
www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-16-170 (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00025.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9322?: CVE-2014-9322 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Android, classified under Improper Privilege Management. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2014-12-17.
How severe is CVE-2014-9322?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-9322 known to be exploited?: 28 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.